Kryn Stankunas

@LudwigAhgren Ghost of

not dodging the furry allegations this halloween 🎃

@DevelopmentalDy @ZfishAmy @AnatomyOrg @WileyEcolEvol @uoimb_pubs @NicholsLab @JohnPostlethw8 @InfoIzfs @eu_fish @ZebrafishLatino @WileyBiomedical Thanks @DevelopmentalDy! A synergistic effort of @ZfishAmy and @TomaDesvignes (with @JohnPostlethw8) uniting detailed observation with creative thought. Key contributions from @BailonRaisa and @NicholsLab.

The caudal fin of #teleost fishes has likely contributed to their evolutionary success by increasing maneuverability and thrust. Learn from @StankLab how caudal fin symmetry originates from a central organizer and sets of central and peripheral rays. doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.4…

The #NWDB2022 meeting registration deadline is extended to March 14th (8:59pm PT). Join the virtual meeting on March 17th and 18th, featuring 25 trainee talks plus Brock Grill and Heather Ray (@HRay_Of_Sun). Low or zero registration fees. sdbonline.org/meeting_regist…

Submit your abstracts for the virtual #NWDB2022 meeting on March 16-18th, 2022. Postdocs, grad students, and undergrads will present short talks in session groups coached by NW region PIs. Abstract deadline is March 1st. sdbonline.org/abstract_submi…

Registration is open for the 55th NWDB regional meeting, held virtually March 16-18th, 2022. All short talks by trainee groups coached by NWDB PIs. Low or no registration fees. #NWDB2022 sdbonline.org/meeting_regist…

Excited to welcome everyone to a trainee-focused program for #NWDB2022, happening online March 16-18th. Abstract deadline March 1. Trainee SDB members attend free! Check out nwdbmeeting.org/for details and registration.

@BlockInTheBack @MadS100tist @kaufman_lab @chrmosimann We and then @WashbourneLab made a bunch of pA-less 3E constructs. Set up for a lentiviral vector. Many have convenient cloning sites. addgene.org/Kryn_Stankunas/ addgene.org/Philip_Washbou…

@MadS100tist @kaufman_lab @chrmosimann We’ve continued putting a polyA signal in the 3’ position mostly out of habit and not totally knowing what is most effective in terms of recruiting polyadenylation machinery (e.g. if there are distance constraints). So all of our 3’ clones include the polyA. 2/2

#Zebrafish friends - Love Tol2 Kit. Having trouble lately with ? SV40 elements in some cloning (using Gibson, less Gateway these days). Suspect repetitive sequences to blame. Any good alts for 302/SV40 for 3' segment of typical prom:CDS:polyA (394/395 already have polyA)?

@jraslab @CabernardLab @___SDB___ Thanks @jraslab, @___SDB___ , and my most excellent partner @CabernardLab. Thanks to all #nwdb2021 participants for embracing the virtual meeting experiment to great results!

Thanks to @CabernardLab and @StankLab for organizing a great @___SDB___ #nwdb2021. We'll be back on #islandtime next year (knock on wood)!

The latest @libudalab paper is online in @CurrentBiology! We develop and use an assay to temporally monitor repair of single DSB w/ the sister chromatid or same DNA molecule, and assess its conversion tracks during specific stages of meiosis in C. elegans. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The abstract submission deadline for the virtual NWDB (NWDB2021; March 15-18, 2021) has been extended until February 25. The NWDB2021 will offer plenary talks, virtual posters and several workshops. Details can be found here: nwdbmeeting.org.

Two weeks left to submit an abstract for the Northwest Developmental Biology Meeting @nwdb2021 being held March 15-18, 2021. Deadline: Tuesday, February 23 at 11:59 PM ET. nwdbmeeting.org

Mark your calendar for the second virtual NWDB (NWDB2021; March 15-18, 2021). Registration and abstraction submission are open: nwdbmeeting.org.

Registration & abstract submission are open for the 54th Northwest Developmental Biology Meeting to be held virtually March 15th-18th, 2021! Organizers Kryn Stankunas @uoregon and Clemens Cabernard @UW are planning a great program. Follow @nwdb2021. nwdbmeeting.org

Congrats Amy! Thanks for amplifying our work and the essential value of basic research to the biotech pipeline.

I'm trying something new and giving a 3 min pitch at #OregonBio2020 Oregon Bioscience Association conference Nov 17-19. It's a great opportunity to make my fin regeneration research broadly accessible. Tune in to hear about great work happening in our local biotech community!

@McKnightLab_UO was an inspiring champion of students overcoming challenges. Please join us in further imprinting Jeff's legacy.

Enduring wisdom from Jeff, a true role model for all, for now and forever.

Long-awaited structure of active Arp2/3 complex from UO/IMB colleague @BradNolen2 & collaborators. Key knowledge for “full scale” understanding of cytoskeletal dynamics in developmental and other contexts.

12/12 Congrats to the amazing first author team @JoshuaBraunste3 and @ZfishAmy. Visit Amy’s poster #251 (B1) at #2020SDB!

11/ It’s curious that Shh/Smo promotes skeletal patterning in fins and tetrapod limbs but by ostensibly distinct mechanisms. Could basal mechanistic similarities endure?

1/ Our new preprint describes how #zebrafish fins develop their characteristic branched bony ray skeletons by a unique Shh/Smo-dependent branching morphogenesis mechanism shared with regenerating fins. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…